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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 16, 2023

 

 

THIRD COAST BANCSHARES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Texas

001-41028

46-2135597

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

20202 Highway 59 North

Suite 190

 

Humble, Texas

 

77338

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 281 446-7000

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 


Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $1.00 per share

 

TCBX

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 16, 2023, Third Coast Bank, SSB, a Texas state savings bank (the “Bank”), the bank subsidiary of Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”), applied to the Texas Department of Banking to convert from a Texas state savings bank to a Texas banking association. If the application is approved and the conversion is completed, then the Texas Department of Banking will be the Bank’s primary state regulator, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) will be the Bank’s primary federal regulator and the Federal Reserve will continue to be the Company’s primary federal regulator. The Bank has notified the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank, and the Federal Reserve, of the proposed charter conversion. The Bank also provided notice of the charter conversion to the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending, its current state regulator. The Bank is currently a member of the Federal Reserve System and the converted Bank intends to retain such membership.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit

Number

Description of Exhibit

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Third Coast Bancshares, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 17, 2023

By:

/s/ R. John McWhorter

 

 

 

R. John McWhorter
Chief Financial Officer